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Her father died when she was only 3 years old. Later, she and her mother, along with her three older sisters moved to Richmond, Virginia, where Leslie attended the all-girl St Gertrude’s catholic high school and was on the school dance team.

In 1990 “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and the Elite Agency held a nationwide modeling search; Leslie’s mother took photos of her then 16-year-old daughter and sent them in. Although Leslie wasn’t impressed with the photos, the judges: John Casablancas, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Iman were, and they choose her as the winner. After finishing her junior year, Leslie flew to New York and signed a contract with Elite modeling agency. She modeled over that summer, and went on a trip to Japan, then returned to Richomond to finish her senior year. Leslie graduated in 1992.

Then she decided to attend the University of Virginia. After a single semester, she dropped out and moved to New York City to pursue a full-time modeling career. She attended the William Esper acting studio for three years and took nine months off in which she did more modeling in Europe.
On November of 2003 she married investment banker Rob Born, but things didn’t work out and they were divorced on 7th December 2004.
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